The Siren Board

Federal Signal fan wrote:Found this in Braidwood, IL behind the police station:

Any guesses? I have no idea what this is. A Sterling?

Cheers,
Joshua

Probably a Denver siren with custom housing.

Check out this Darley in Paxton, IL; it's almost as big as the post!

EDIT: File now attached to save screen space. I'll be making thumbnails for ya guys now.

Model 3 or... 5?

Cheers,
Joshua

Okay, I understand double posting is a shameful thing to do. Hear me out though, I just realized how far behind I am with sharing with you guys my siren photos, so here's the deal. I'm going to cram as many as I can in this single reply and wait 4 hours and do it again.

These are in Danville, IL. I'm not too good with Whelens, but these are Vortex sirens, correct? I didn't siren hunt these, just snapped the photos as we drove by hunting down abandoned railroad tracks.

First siren:

It has fins. by SantaFebuff, on Flickr


Whelen in Danville. by SantaFebuff, on Flickr


Control Boxes. by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

Second siren:

Nothing here. by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

Third siren:

Oh whats that>? by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

I made a second trip to Rantoul, IL to find that old Carter/Gents/etc. siren that was by the old fire department:

Old FS Model 5/7 on an old radar tower:

Model 5/7 by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

What?! They tore down the water tower the old siren was on!?!:

Why u do dis Rantoul by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

Did anyone get any pictures of what was on top of the old water tower? Was I just not seeing things or was there even a siren on it?

Then you have Beecher, IL with a very clean Model 5 or 7:

IMG_6043 by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

Sorry if I posted this already, but Aroma Park, IL's Model 5/7:

IMG_5334 by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

Good sirens up here in Essex, IL:

IMG_5208 by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

Bonfield, IL FS 2001 SRN?(B):

IMG_5162 by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

Whoa; Irwin, IL has an Eclipse 8:

DSC00965 by SantaFebuff, on Flickr


DSC00966 by SantaFebuff, on Flickr


DSC00967 by SantaFebuff, on Flickr

Well that should be PLENTY for now. I'm going to comb through my pictures and these posts to see if I can't find any I haven't shared yet.

Please do correct me on my information, I'm rusting up on my siren-speak and could use some WD-40.

Cheers,
Joshua

The sirens in Danville are Vortex sirens. Any finback Whelen is a vortex. You can tell from 4004's and Vortex's by looking at the siren itself; Many 4004's have an "X" on the screen, Vortex siren screens go in a little. Also a 4004 has a larger cylinder sticking out of it and has a Type ll cabinet, which voice sirens use since the Vortex can't do voice.

OhioSirenHunter wrote:Many 4004's have an "X" on the screen, Vortex siren screens go in a little.

All of the newer 4004s have the screens going in though, just like the Vortex.

Federal Signal fan wrote:Check out this Darley in Paxton, IL; it's almost as big as the post!

EDIT: File now attached to save screen space. I'll be making thumbnails for ya guys now.

Model 3 or... 5?

Cheers,
Joshua

That is a Darley model of some sort, probably a 5.

carexpertandy wrote:

OhioSirenHunter wrote:Many 4004's have an "X" on the screen, Vortex siren screens go in a little.

All of the newer 4004s have the screens going in though, just like the Vortex.

Ah, Thanks for the correction. I'm just going to say "some' 4004s have outer screens. :P

Just out of curiosity, where are those sirens located in Danville? I was there for a concert a couple years ago but didn't see any sirens. Granted, I didn't have a lot of time to explore (arrived at 5pm, checked into the hotel, drove by the lake and made a Wal-Mart run in the hour before the doors opened for the concert, then left at 9am the next day after driving around downtown briefly), but I was a bit disappointed that I didn't see any.

Federal Signal fan wrote:Found this in Braidwood, IL behind the police station:






Any guesses? I have no idea what this is. A Sterling?

Cheers,
Joshua

isnt that the new Clm siren thing

sirensandfirealarms wrote: isnt that the new Clm siren thing

Uhh what?